Darlington Chukwunyere Biography

Darlington Chukwunyere is a Nigerian writer of prose, film and poetry. In 2007, he began freelance writing for five major local newspapers in Owerri; The Nigerian Horn. National Question, the Statesman, Frontline Newspaper, and the Strides. He studied Theatre Arts, at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. By 2010, he had published his first collection of poems online on www.poemhunter.com Presently, you can buy his works of prose and poetry on Amazon, with the name Darlington Chukwunyere.
During his NYSC in Nigeria, he announced his arrival into the Nollywood movie industry by writing and directing his debut movie “Threshold” which was shot in Ondo State where he served his country for one year. Ever since, he has been actively involved in the Nollywood home video industry with so many screenplays to his credit. He is the founder of Viddawood, a community of screenwriters who work together to produce high content scripts for Hollywood and Nollywood motion picture and movie industries. Viddawood markets already-made movie scripts online, at www.viddawood.com

In 2014, Darlington Joined the civil society sector, where he managed a USAID Civic Engagement Project in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. In January 2017, he founded an organization named Visual Dimensions of Development Activism in West Africa (VIDDA West Africa) , a platform he created for Good Governance Advocacy through the collection and circulation of videos and pictures that contain evidences of Bad Governance, Human Rights Abuse and most importantly, providing advocacy tools for Civil Society Organizations.